Hi everyone   At 3:45 p.m. this afternoon, Dec. 29, I saw a female Black Scoter swimming in the Richmond Marina.  It was seen from the boardwalk on the bay side of Salute Marina Bay restaurant

Hi E.B.Birders, The Least Bittern just showed up at noon. It was on the north side of the trail, crossed the trail and returned to previously reported location. All the Best Birding, Denise Moraga,

Forwarding to EBB that covers the region where the Large-billed Sparrow was discovered in winter of 2008. -- Michael Feighner Livermore, CA, Alameda

We were in the group mentioned in the previous post by Ted Robertson. As you can see, we were very lucky to witness this individual hunting and fishing.

The Least Bittern first reported by Rob Thomas on the 26th continues close to the same location at the Martinez Regional Shoreline as previously reported. The bird was seen by many observers and well

I made a quick stop at the small pond at the west end of Stevenson Blvd in Newark this afternoon around 2:00 PM to find at least 4 TREE SWALLOWS circling over the pond. The only other bird of note

Seen in the AM at the shoreline - Yellow-billed Loon - 1 seen on the bay from the mouth of San Lorenzo Creek. Barrow's Goldeneye - 1 female seen on the bay from San Leandro Marina. White-winged

Seen today at the shoreline - Black Oystercatcher - 2 at Hayward's Landing. Red Knot - 450 (est.). I have not seen this many since last winter. An estimated 800-1000 wintered here. Good

The Eurasian Wigeon continues to hang out with the Americans at Miller Knox Regional Park pond. Spotted today around noon. jane chinn

Today (Tues, Dec. 7), at Martinez RS, I saw the LEAST BITTERN previously reported. It was a walk-up, since Rob and Ian Thomas had the bird staked out when I arrived. The bittern was actively hunting

On the main trail headed out to the schooner wreck. About 30 yards before a side trail heads south towards the pump station there is a small rectangular area of standing water to the south of the

Today at the remediation marsh at the west end of Stevenson were 2 male Blue-winged Teal and 2 Wilson's Snipe. Among the Green-winged Teal, Cinnamon Teal, Northern Shovelers, Avocets,

At 2pm, there was a beautiful male Eurasian Wigeon in the pond at Miller Knox Regional Park. It was swimming in a group with 5 American Wigeons. Earlier, at 11:15am, I and several other birders saw

Found one male there a couple days ago, but this morning there was a small flock of Barrow's males in Lake Merritt Channel (east of 10th St): http://allenh.zenfolio.com/p981160548 They love the

We caught excellent views of this bird in the parking lot of Bucci's on Hollis and 59th Street, in Emeryville. We were there at 12:30 PM till about 1:30PM, Thurs. 12/23. The moment we walked into the

I spotted the Red-naped or Hybird Sapsucker Tony discusses below in Pleasanton this morning. Follow Tony's instructions to the location. I actually saw the bird on park property accross the street

The Black-throated Gray Warbler was still present in the Heritage Square parking lot in Emeryville at 9:30 Wednesday morning. Good birding, Kirk Swenson Davis <---> Emeryville

Mark, Thank you for posting this interesting set of photos. Hammond's is a possibility, but the short primary projection, wing-flicking without tail flicking, very dark wings with contrasting strong

Spotted a couple of Wood Ducks today in Alameda Creek where the road to Sunol Regional Park crosses the creek. If you go, be still as they are very shy. Steve

Sorry for the late posting. On December 17, my wife, Yvonne McHugh, and I had the pleasure of participating in the Eastern Alameda County Christmas Bird Count. Our assignment was the Pleasanton Sports